Governance White Papers

IT Governance is a subset discipline of Corporate governance focused on information technology systems and their performance and risk management. The rising interest in IT governance is partly due to compliance initiatives, as well as the acknowledgment that IT projects can easily get out of control and profoundly affect the performance of an organization.
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By: Comcast     Published Date: Apr 26, 2013

This paper discusses the Metro Ethernet attributes that provide more flexible, scalable connectivity between your business locations and your data centers than SONET TDM private lines or IP VPNs. Unlike other WAN technologies, Metro Ethernet has some unique capabilities to allow you to more cost effectively connect multiple locations to your data centers.

Tags : metro ethernet, scalable, conectivity, data center, wan, sonet, dtm, vpn
    
By: Comcast     Published Date: Apr 26, 2013

Selecting the optimal wide area networking service to meet your diverse needs has been challenging given the many choices. However, over the past several years, business Ethernet services have emerged as the optimal choice to best address many applications.

Tags : ethernet, wan, wide area network, productivity, business continuity, network, customer satisfaction, bandwidth management
    
By: Wolfe     Published Date: Apr 18, 2013

Cloud services create a compelling case to move application processing and storage out of the data center and onto the network.

Tags : ethernet, cloud, application processing, storage, data center, network, voip, unified communications
    
By: Solgenia     Published Date: Jan 24, 2013

This White Paper examines new trends in technology that affect collaboration in the modern workplace. it explores the business benefits of UC solutions, as well as their emotional appeal for employees.

Tags : unified communications, byod, collaboration, productivity, governance, infrastructure, best practices, application integration
    
By: Ixia Network Visibility Solutions     Published Date: Jul 23, 2012

IT teams are under big pressure to improve the performance and security of corporate networks. Monitoring for security, compliance, and performance requires getting the right data to the right monitoring tool for analysis.

Tags : infrastructure and operations, cloud computing, virtualization, security compliance, visibility, network monitoring switch, span taps, filtering
    
By: Actiance     Published Date: Jul 11, 2012

Information security for federal agencies is of high importance, due to the vast amount of sensitive personal data held by the US government. This Osterman Research whitepaper provides an overview of the regulations to which federal agencies have to adhere as well as tips on mitigating the risks created by the use of new communications technologies like social media and Unified Communications.

Tags : social media, unified communications, active directory, bandwidth management, convergence, distributed computing, ethernet networking, fibre channel
    
By: Actiance     Published Date: Jul 11, 2012

The proliferation of social media tools has heightened interest in compliance issues, especially for financial services firms. FINRA, SEC, and industry regulations have been issued with specific guidance for social media sites. This Osterman Research whitepaper discusses the trend of using social media at work, the communication technologies in use by the financial services industry, and techniques for securing and controlling social media within your organization.

Tags : compliance, networking, active directory, bandwidth management, convergence, distributed computing, ethernet networking, fibre channel
    
By: Proofpoint     Published Date: Apr 06, 2012

Download this white paper from Osterman Research and Proofpoint to learn how the protection of corporate data from sophisticated malware and phishing attacks is at top of mind of IT decision makers.

Tags : cloud-based security, advanced persistent threat, threat protection, cloud security, phishing, malware, anti-malware, security
    
By: ScriptLogic     Published Date: Jan 11, 2012

This paper outlines the potential cost and energy savings available when effective power management is exercised across the client computers.

Tags : network administration, network management, desktop management, desktop administration, active directory management, patch management, desktop authority, active administrator
    
By: Riverbed Technology, Inc.     Published Date: Jan 09, 2012

Riverbed Cascade Pilot and Cascade Shark combine sophisticated, end-to-end monitoring with high-speed,high-fidelity packet capture and analysis to deliver comprehensive network performance monitoring and analysis. Download this insightful solution brief to learn more.

Tags : riverbed, cascade, monitoring, troubleshooting, networking, corporate network, service, application
    
By: ZScaler     Published Date: Nov 18, 2011

Read this informative whitepaper to learn how, as a Blue Coat customer, you can reap the benefits of Zscaler's comprehensive cloud security solution. Learn how enterprises with legacy proxy appliances-such as Blue Coat ProxySG-will further enhance their security with our unmatched advanced threat protection.

Tags : blue coat, proxy sg, url filtering, web 2.0, cloud security, proxy av, xss, vpn
    
By: Wisegate     Published Date: Nov 02, 2011

IT and security execs share practical advice on what it takes to lead a successful IT implementation and lessons learned from from the trenches.

Tags : governance, risk and compliance (grc), identity and access management (iam), it project management, it best practices, monitoring, network security, remote access
    
By: VMware     Published Date: Aug 18, 2011

This executive level paper highlights trends and findings from CIO's 2011 Global Cloud Computing Adoption survey as it relates to Security and Compliance in the virtualized datacenter.

Tags : vmware, cloud security, trends, virtualized datacenter, compliance, cloud environments, cso, strategies
    
By: Red Hat Government     Published Date: Jul 21, 2011

This whitepaper describes the various forms that cloud computing can take and how different types of technology relate to each other.

Tags : red hat, open source, enterprise linux, enterprise solutions, virtualization, linux, unix, redhat
    
By: Red Hat Government     Published Date: Jul 21, 2011

An IDC executive report examines the future of cloud computing, focusing on design goals that support portability of applications and data, which will certainly avoid expensive and time-consuming fixes.

Tags : cloud computing, interoperability, red hat, open source, idc, enterprise linux, enterprise solutions, virtualization
    
By: Red Hat Government     Published Date: Jul 21, 2011

Learn how your organization can deliver self-service application provisioning, flexible and standardized application deployments, and integrated management, without losing control or radically change existing management and development processes.

Tags : red hat, open source, enterprise linux, enterprise solutions, virtualization, linux, unix, redhat
    
By: Red Hat Government     Published Date: Jul 21, 2011

Learn how CloudForms fully delivers on your requirements to increase business agility, efficiency, innovation, and simplified IT management.

Tags : cloudforms, red hat, iaas, infrastructure, service, open source, enterprise linux, enterprise solutions
    
By: Red Hat Government     Published Date: Jul 21, 2011

The Red Hat Cloud Quickstart consulting engagement leverages Red Hat's Cloud Foundations Reference Architecture Edition One to speed up assessing the viability of a cloud environment for your enterprise, and, if chosen, it can demonstrate a tangible implementation of a private cloud for testing purposes.

Tags : cloud quickstart, cloud computing, interoperability, red hat, open source, idc, enterprise linux, enterprise solutions
    
By: Red Hat Government     Published Date: Jul 21, 2011

Do you have an effective cloud governance plan? This whitepaper guides you through best practices for ensuring your applications and data can safely move between clouds - whether they are private, public or hybrid.

Tags : cloud governance, governance, consistency, portability, consistant, portable, cloud computing, interoperability
    
By: Red Hat Government     Published Date: Jul 21, 2011

Organizations around the world are benefiting from public clouds. But, when production applications or critical data is involved, it's important to extend on-premise governance to your public or hybrid cloud resources. Effective cloud governance is possible.

Tags : cloud governance, governance, cloud computing, interoperability, red hat, open source, idc, enterprise linux
    
By: Red Hat Government     Published Date: Jul 21, 2011

Virtualization and cloud computing are sometimes discussed interchangeably. But gaining the full benefits of cloud computing requires approaches and processes that often aren't in place where ad hoc virtualization is the norm. Join us and learn how to make a smooth transition.

Tags : cloud governance, governance, cloud computing, interoperability, red hat, open source, idc, enterprise linux
    
By: SAP     Published Date: Jun 30, 2011

Sanjay Poonen lends his insights on the market drivers for this BI revolution, and explains what it all means for SAP customers. The article also features SAP ecosystem partners highlighting how SAP customers can unleash the power of information to truly innovate their business.

Tags : sap, sanjay poonen, sap ecosystem, business intelligence, business analytics solution, businessobjects software, high-performance analytics appliance, sap hana
    
By: Trillium Software     Published Date: Jun 29, 2011

This white paper highlights how BT's experience of IQIP can help to inform the challenge of organizing for enterprise wide DQ, lists the key organizational structures, outlines the roles of the potential main protagonists and summarizes the main lessons learned.

Tags : trillium software, data quality, mdm, master data management, british telecommunications, entreprise wide dq improvement program, data governance, nigel turner
    
By: SAP     Published Date: Mar 24, 2011

The list of initiatives that are data-enabled-indeed, data-intensive-vary from company to company, from industry to industry. But the common denominator is an increasing awareness that these and other programs can't succeed without clean, meaningful, and available information. In this white paper, Baseline Consulting's Jill Dyché discusses how the data conversation is changing from philosophical questioning to hard-core tactics, from "What do we need?" to "Where do we start?" It covers the most common reasons for data governance failure, as well as the components of data governance that will inform the right strategy and give companies a means of determining where and how to begin their data governance journeys.

Tags : data governance, data governance failure, data governance initiative, governance, business intelligence, database development, data integration, data mining
    
By: Brocade     Published Date: Sep 08, 2010

For organizations looking to be greener, the data center is the most obvious place to start.

Tags : brocade, green it, data center, emissions trading, carbon reduction, energy efficiency, bandwidth management, ethernet networking
    
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